Thanks, all. FYI, word on the street is that this prospect can also hit with some pop so there is going to be some pressure to make him an outfielder a la Rick Ankiel if his control issues cannot be solved. Jane, I believe that was Arabic, but I could be wrong… we should get Al’s expert opinion on that matter since he’s the resident Arabic speaker and Middle Eastern scholar. Julia, thanks for pointing out the main page panel. Looks pretty cool. The guy on the right is a little odd looking, but so it goes…
–Jeff

That is indeed the beautiful language that is Arabic and the video comes via our friends at Al-Jazeera. In fact, While watching Al-Jazeera today (and no, I’m not kidding) they probably showed that clip 15 different times. And despite Bush’s claim that the guy just wanted attention, pretty much the entire Arab world thinks that the reporter had the right idea and they just wish he would have hit soon-to-be-ex-President Bush. And that’s the news, direct from Qatar.

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